soup

Noun · Verb

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food
  2. any composition having a consistency suggestive of soup
  3. an unfortunate situation“we're in the soup now”

Verb (1)

  1. dope (a racehorse)
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Soup \Soup\, n. [F. soupe, OF. sope, supe, soupe, perhaps originally, a piece of bread; probably of Teutonic origin; cf. D. sop sop, G. suppe soup. See Sop something dipped in a liquid, and cf. Supper.] A liquid food of many kinds, usually made by boiling meat and vegetables, or either of them, in water, -- commonly seasoned or flavored; strong broth. [1913 Webster]

Soup kitchen, an establishment for preparing and supplying soup to the poor.

Soup ticket, a ticket conferring the privilege of receiving soup at a soup kitchen. [1913 Webster]


Soup \Soup\, v. t. To sup or swallow. [Obs.] --Wyclif. [1913 Webster]

Soup \Soup\, v. t. To breathe out. [Obs.] --amden. [1913 Webster]

Soup \Soup\, v. t. To sweep. See Sweep, and Swoop. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
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